Quote Originally Posted by tizzle89 View Post
alright so.. i bought 4 female mice and 2 males.. i tryd to handle 1 of the males and he decided to bite me.. so out of my rage instead of killing it myself i put it in izzys cage and i woke him up and put him on his log... within mins he spots the mouse running around and he goes off on his hunt... i just wanted to scare the poor thing but.. izzy was to fast for me to even react{didnt really want to save the mouse} but in the long run the mouse tryd to bite him so i had to hold the back of his neck so he couldnt get those nasty teeth on izzy..


long story short.. i dont think it is quick and painless to die by a snake.. he took almost 2 mins for this mouse to die.. and before it did its eye... well izzy squezed really hard...

but from now on its live food over the f/t

was really cool cuz when he killed it he let it go and then i picked it up and he just puts his head up in the air and opens his mouth.. and let me put it in there.. then he does the rest... imo we made a good team lol

I would recommend that you do not help your snake out. Sometimes after they kill the rodent they will let go and reposition for the actual ingestion. Its perfectly normal and you could end up spoiling a perfectly good feeding by getting involved.